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Three Dances, Two Banquets Highlight Weekend THE BATTALION Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus Number 107: Volume 58 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1959 Price Five Cents Plots Reportedly Underway To Assassinate Fidel Castro NEW YORK Two email bands of hired killers were report edly headed hei-e Thursday, bent upon the assassination of Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro. The two groups—five brothers in one car and two men in another —were described in a tip to police as non-Cubans, in the hire of sin ister but unidentified foes of the bearded revolutionary leader. The tip came from Castro aides. In Washington, government se curity authorities said the newest threat did not appear any more alarming than several hundred others that have been made since Castro’s arrival in this country. Nevertheless, New York Dep. Chief Inspector Edward W. Byrnes said: “We, along with the State Department security division, are definitely on the alert to prevent any attempts being made to take the life of Castro.” Castro, himself, kept to his schedule of public appearances. He shrugged off the reported as sassination plot. But his police guard—heaviest tver assigned a Manhattan visitor •—definitely has been worried by Castro’s disregard of security measures. Time and again he has made himself a sitting duck for any would-be assassin. The real nightmare from the standpoint of his protectors comes Friday night in a climax to Cas tro’s visit here, which began Tues day. He is to appear at a rally in Central Park, where the wooded, rolling terrain is ideal for an as sassination attempt. There have been demonstrations against Castro by supporters of former Cuban President Fulgencio Senate Picks Mrs. Cleland 1959 Mother The Student Senate last night chose Mrs. Dorothy Cleland as the Aggie Mother of the Year in a special meeting in the Me morial Student Center. Mrs. Cleland, widowed since 1954, has taught school for the last 15 years to help send her three sons, Robert, Franklin and Wilfred, through school. Robert Cleland graduated from A&M with the Class of ’48 and Franklin Cleland graduated with the Class of ’54. Her younger son, Wilfred, is currently a sen ior physics major. Her nomination as the Aggie Mother of the Year was unani mous by the Senate. Meteorology Prof To Be Decorated By Argentine Navy 1 A Naval decoration from the government of Argentina will be pi’esented to a staff member of A&M in a ceremony in Washing ton, D. C., Wednesday. The decoration, a medal and a citation, will be awarded to Guy Franceschini, assistant professor of meteorology and a research scientist in the Department of Oceanography and Meteorology. The ceremony will be held in the Argentine Embassy and the pre sentation will be made by Admi ral Mario Robbio, Argentine Naval attache in Washington. Franceschini is being decorated for exemplary services rendered during an Antarctic expedition to the Weddell Sea in January and February, 1958. He accompanied the expedition as an observer on the invitation of the Argentine navy. While in Washington, Frances chini will attend the joint meeting of the American Meteorology So ciety and the American Geophy sical Union, May 4-7, to present a scientific paper on radiation. Basista, whom Castro ousted. One of them, involving about 150 pick ets, occurred in Times Square Thursday. Photo Salon Set May 2-11 The first annual Southwestern Inter-Collegiate Photo Salon will be held on the A&M campus May 2-11. The salon will be sponsored by the Memorial Student Center Cam era Committee. It is the first such event to be held where colleges compete against each other as teams. Pho tographs will be classified into five general categories—nature, still life, news, sports, and portraiture —and judges wall select the out standing photograph in each. Judges will be members of the Photographic Society of Amei-ica. All colleges and universities of Region IX of the Association of College Unions are invited. This includes about 30 schools from Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arkansas. Trophies will be awarded to the first, second, and third place teams and to the best print in the salon. Ribbons will be awarded to the outstanding print in each category and all prints will be on exhibit in the MSC immediately after the judging. Astronomer Gives Lectures Here; Interviews Open Dr. Helmut Abt, assistant pro fessor of astronomy at the TJniver- sity of Chicago, will be on the cam pus next Thursday and Friday to present a series. of lectui’es spon sored by the National Science Foundation. Abt will deliver two lectures next Thursday. At 10 a.m. he will talk on “The Composition of Stars” in Room 320 of the Physics Building. At 8 Thursday night he will lec ture on “Radio Astronomy” in the Lecture Room of the Biological Sciences Building. Friday at 5 p.m. Abt will speak on “Magnetic Stars” in Room 320 of the Physics Building. The public is invited to each lec ture. Apt completed his work for the bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Northwestern University and in 1952 received his Ph. D. from the California Institute of Technology. He was at the Lick Observatory in California for a year and has been at Yerkes Observatory in Wiscon sin since 1953, except for a year during which he took part in a pre liminary search for a site for the National Astronomical Observa tory. Beginning Sept. 1, he will join the permanent staff of the Kitt Peak National Observatory as head of the Stellar Division. He was the first person to spot Kitt Peak as a possible observatory site during the site survey. Apt is a member of the Ameri can Astronomical Society, Interna tional Astronomical Union, Royal Astronomical Society of England, Astronomical Society of the Pacific and Sigma XL* “Dr. Abt will be available thi'ough Wendell Horsley at the placement office for consultation with students Thursday afternoon and Friday morning and afternoon. All students interested in a career in space, technology and astronomy should make appointments to talk with Dr. Apt,” Dr. J. T. Kent, De partment of Mathematics, said yes terday. “He will also be available by ap pointment for discussion with fac ulty or departments on curricu lum or teaching problems. He can likewise conduct seminars,” Kent said. According to the tip Thursday, one band of assassins numbers five brothers, originally from Philadelphia and now of Chicago. They were reported traveling in a 1957 black Chevrolet with a white top and bearing Florida license plates. The second party, of two men, is said to be from Detroit, travel ing in a diity gray Cadillac with Michigan plates. Typical of Castro’s New York schedule were appearances at City Hall, and at an Overseas Press Club luncheon at the Astor Hotel in Times Square. At both appearances, and traveling to and from them, Castro was brought close to thousands of persons. News of the World By The Associated Press Air Force Launches Missile from Bomber WASHINGTON—The Air Force launched its hound dog missile on an initial flight from a B52 heavy bomber flying over the Atlantic missile range Thursday. The missile has a range of 500 miles and can carry a nuclear war head. The- announcement said the missile “successfully met its test objectives,” but no report was made on the distance covered. The missile is intended to enable a strategic bomber to deliver a "nuclear w r eapon to a target without flying into a heavily defended area. ★ ★ ★ Dulles Takes Another Job WASHINGTON—John Foster Dulles took on another job Thursday in a touching little hospital ceremony that seemed to please him. President Eisenhower, a man who likes to mix senti ment with the chores of office, drove out to Walter Reed Army Hospital and handed his old friend a commission as special consultant on foreign policy. 11-Man Team Inspecting Corps Review Tomorrow To Climax Annual Inspection A review of the Corps of Cadets tomorrow at 9 a.m. on the main drill field in front of the Memorial Student Center will close the an nual two-day inspection of Army ROTC units. Federal inspection of Army ROTC units began this morning. An 11-man team has been cover ing the campus, inspecting each Corps dorm, military science class room instructor, the use of govern ment property and training sched ules, according to Capt. John W. Simmons, instructor in the Depart ment of Military Science and Tac tics. The closing 15 minutes of each military science class are being de voted to team inspectors who will ask questions, Simmons said. The inspection team will inspect the Army units in front of the dorms today at 5:30 p.m. Included in the 11-man inspec tion group, headed by Col. Robert J. Hill Jr., are Lt. Col. John C. Allen, GS(Armor); Maj. George H. Wurf, Artillery; Lt. Col. Walter C. Henderson, Engineer Section; Maj. 'y - ‘Sully’ Gets Spring Cleaning Squadron 10 freshmen gave the statue of Lawrence Sullivan Ross its annual spring cleaning yesterday after noon. The cleaning seemed to fit in with the general clean-up campaign underway in preparation for Army ROTC Federal Inspection. Math Contest Set Tuesday The annual mathematics contest examinations, featuring two gold wrist watches as top prizes, will be held for freshmen and sopho mores Tuesday from 7:30 p.m to 9:30 p.m. in Room 223 of the Ac ademic Building. Second prizes of $15 and third of $10 will also be given in each contest. Any students student now en rolled in either Mathematics 120 or 209 whose classification at the beginning of the 1958-59 school year was not above that of fresh man or who has not repeated a col lege math course is eligible to en ter the freshman contest. The sophomore ’ contest is open to any students now taking Math ematics 210 whose classification at the begining of this school year was not above sophomore and has not repeated a college math course. All freshman - awards and the second and third place sophomore awards are provided by the Robert F. Smith Memorial Fund. The first prize for sophomores is obtained through the Halperin Award Fund. Both Smith and Halperin were members of the Department of Mathematics. Winners in the freshman contest last year were Buyron B. Laycock, first place; Donald F. Boren, sec ond place; and Donald A. Brenner and Robert W. Hester, tied for third place. Sophomore winners last year were Joe W. Woodard, first place; Harley H. McAdams, second place; and David C. Larson, third place. Festus E. Harrison, Chemical Sec tion; Col. Charles Askins, Ord nance; Maj. Fred W. Dollar, Quar termaster Section; Lt. Col. Gerald M. Cravens, Signal Section; Lt. Col. Gordon F. Tyrrell, Transportation Section; Lt. Col. Harold M. Ken nedy, GS(Infantry), Combat Arms; and Capt, Arthur J. White, Army Aviation Section. Each of the offi cers, most of whom are from the 4th Army Headquarters, Fort Sam Houston, will inspect his respective branch here on campus. Maj. Gen. L. S. Griffing, deputy commanding general of the 4th Army, will be here for the review Saturday. Hill, leading the inspection team, is a member of the staff and facul ty of the U.S. Army Artillery and Missile Center, Fort Sill, Okla. He has been in the Army since June, 1939, following his graduation from the U.S. Military Academy. Hill completed the Command and Gen eral Staff College in 1950, the Armed Forces Staff College in 1954 and the Army War College in 1956. During World War II, Hill serv ed in the Eui'opearr Theater of Op erations as commanding officer of the 180th Field Artillery Battalion of the 26th Infantry Division. He was awarded the Silver Star, the Brortze Star and the Legion of Merit. MSC Banquet Opens Activities Tonight By JOHNNY JOHNSON Battalion News Editor Three banquets and two dances highlight the weekend’s social activities with the Memorial Student Center Council and Directorate Awards Banquet and the annual Architec ture Society Ball kicking off things tonight. Tomorrow night the Ross Volunteers will hold their banquet and the Baptist Student Union will have their an nual banquet. More than 160 persons are expected for the MSC ban quet which begins at 7:15 p. m. in the MSC second floor lounge where refreshments will be served. At 7:45 p. m. the actual banquet will begin. Featuring an Alaskan theme, the banquet’s highlight will be the presentation of 23 MSC Appreciation Awards and three MSC Distinguished Service Awards. New officers of the MSC Council and Directorate will also take office at the banquet which will be final official function of the old officers. Special guests will include the members of the A&M System Board of Directors, President and Mrs. M. T. Harrington, Vice Pres ident and Mrs. Earl Rudder, Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Zinn and Mr. and Mrs. George Roeber. Zinn is di rector of Student Personnel Ser vice and Roeber is business man ager of the college. The Silvertones, a quartet; Dick Gustafson, a ballad singer; and Lynn Adcock, a pianist; will pro vide entertainment. MSC Council President Ronald Buford will give the main address. Architects Ball The Architecture Society’s Beau Arts Ball will feature a “beatnik” theme and will be held beginning at 8 p. m. in the Bryan American Legion Hall. Beards, turtle neck sweaters, baggy trousers, toreadors pants and. similar attire will be worn by those attending in connection with the theme of the dance. Pri zes will be awarded to the couple best dressed in “beatnik” fashion. The decoration scheme, which will feature large “beatnik” car toons and figures, will carry out the ball’s theme. Music for the dance will be fur nished by Richard Smith’s Aggie combo. All architecture majors and fac ulty members are invited to^ at tend the dance, according to Jim Vickery, president of the student chapter of the American Institute of Architects. BSU Banquet The BSU Banquet will be held at 6:30 Saturday night at Clay ton’s Restaurant in Bryan. Jack Hamm, a commercial art instructor at Baylor University at Waco, will be the featured speak er. Hamm is a preacher with a unique method of reaching his (See THREE DANCES on Page 4) CS Resident Better C. C. Rice, College Station resi-: dent who was injured Wednesday in a car-truck collision at East Gate, has been reported by Bryan Hospital authorities to be in “im proved condition”. Hospital authorities did not stip ulate when Rice would be released. Student Filings Close Today For 10 Posts Filings for student offices close today at 5 p.m., with 10 positions to be filled at the general elec tion Thursday of next week. Of the 10 positions, eight are on the Student Senate. The other two positions ai’e class agent for the Class of ’59 and civilian yell leader. The eight Student Senate offices consist of president, who must be academically classified as a senior next fall; vice president, required to be a junior next fall; parlia mentarian, required to be a senior; and recording secretary, who must be classified as a sophomore at the beginning of the fall semester. The remaining four positions on the senate are chairmen for the Issues Committee, Student Life Committee, Student Welfare Com mittee, and the Public Relations Committee. These positions require that candidates be classified as a junior or senior for the 1959-60 term and have an overall grade point ratio of 1.25. Only qualification for the class agent post is that candidates be members of the Class of ’59. Candidates for civilian yell leader must have a 1.25 overall grade point ratio. Scholarship Tests Scheduled May 2 Examinations for the Opportuni ty Awards Program will be given Saturday and May 2 to all Texas high school boys who have sub mitted applications. Approximately 100 scholarships will be granted this spring through a statewide competition, based up on each candidate’s character, scholarship, evidence of leadership and need of financial aid. Five Jesse H. Jones Agricultural Awards are available, and two Jesse H. Jones Military Awards will be given to men desiring to follow military careers. Other awards have been provided by the Association of Former Students and other citizens and organiza tions of the state. Most of these are unrestricted as to the course of study. ‘Silvertones’ to Entertain Leipper At CSC to Speak Monday Banquet in MSC By DAVE STOKER Battalion News Editor Dr. Dale F. Leipper, head of the Department of Oceanography and Meteorology, will be the guest- speaker at the Civilian Student Council Banquet Monday evening, it was reported at the Civilian Stu dent Council meeting last night. The banquet will be held at 6 p.m. in the Assembly Room of the Memorial Student Center. The Silvertones, Aggie singing group, will be at the banquet to provide entertainment. The group consists of James Hickey, Robert Blakewood, Sonny Flores and Ra- mior Perez. Highlighting the banquet will be the naming of the outstanding Ci vilian Student Councilman of 1959. Various other awards will be giv en. In other business at the meeting last night, the members voted in favor of supporting a $2. compul sory fee to be paid at registration by all members of the Civilian stu dent body to finanoe Civilian stu dent government. A report on the purpose of the fee will soon be presented to col lege executives. The report points out mainly the problems of Civilian government finance, and how such a fee would help finance Civilian government. The councilmen agreed that it would take the support of all mem bers of the Civilian student body as well as the support of Council members. It was reported that all dormitory councils seemed to be in favor of such a fee. New members to the Civilian Stu- dertt Council were elected this week and they will take over their positions at the Council’s next reg ular meeting. New members intro duced at the meeting last night were James Lively, Mitchell; Mike Carlo, Leggett; John Garner, Law; Thomas Butler, Dorm 16; Larry Clark, Bizzell; Jim Hall, Day Stu dent; Dusty Thames, Senior Class; and Kenneth Dorris, College View. Other new members not present at the meeting are Guy Pittman, Col lege View; Wayne Allen, Project House; and Thomas M. Butler, Mil ner. The Civilian Student Leadership Retreat at Bastrop Park May 2, was also discussed at the meeting. An outline of the event was pre sented to Councilmen by Dennis Ryan, chairman of the retreat. The retreat is expected to be at tended by all Civilian government leaders. Registration is $5. per stu dent and covers room and board at the park during the retreat. Dead line to register is today at 5 p.m. Interested Civilian students should register in the office of Robert O. Murray, Jr., in the basement of the YMCA. During the one day retreat. Ci vilian leaders will discuss ways to improve Civilian government at A&M. In other business Tommy Beck ett, president, appointed a Civilian Chaplain Selection Committee. On the committee are Sammy Fergu son, Don Houston, Jack Little and Roland Dommert. The committee is expected to have a new chaplain chosen at the Council’s next meet ing. Ferguson has been the chap lain the past year.